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modification of an organism or its parts that makes it more fit for existence under the condtions of its environment

adaptation

the gaseous envelope of a celestial body (as a planet)

atmosphere

Any technique that uses living organisms, or parts of organisms, to
make or modify products, improve plants or animals, or to develop microorganisms for
specific uses.

biotechnology

the average course or condition of the weather at a place usually over a period
of years as exhibited by temperature, wind velocity, and precipitation.

climate

The successful transmission of information through a common system
of symbols, signs, behavior, speech, writing, or signals.

communication

A material capable of transmitting another form of energy (as heat or
sound).

conductor

A limit to the design process. These may be such things as appearance,
funding, space materials, and human capabilities.

constraint

The systematic act or process of building, erecting, or constructing
buildings, roads, or other structures.

construction

An organism requiring complex organic compounds for food which it
obtains by preying on other organisms or by eating particles of organic matter.

Consumer

Any of various organisms (as many bacteria and fungi) that return constituents
of organic substances to ecological cycles by feeding on and breaking down dead
protoplasm.

Decomposers

An iterative decision-making process that produces plans by which resources
are converted into products or systems that meet human needs and wants or solve problems.

Design

A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria, and its
constraints. This is used to encourage thinking of all aspects of a problem
before attempting a solution.

Design Brief

A systematic problem solving strategy, with criteria and constraints,
used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem or satisfy human needs and
wants and to winnow (narrow) down the possible solutions to one final choice.

Design Process

The complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning
as an ecological unit.

Ecosystem

The complete path of an electric current including usually the source
of electric energy.

Electric Circuit

A flow of electric charge.

Electric Current

The capacity for doing work.

Energy

A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific knowledge
to solve practical problems.